Railway-tie and fastener.



F. J. PETERSON. RAILWAY TIE AND PASTE-NEE. I APPLICATION FILED APR. 22, 1912.

. Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

m P f N 0 F wiweooeo I fastened to said FREDOLF J. PETERS OIF, OF SALEM, OHIO. 1

RAInWAY riE AND FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Aug. 6,1912.

Application filed April 22, 1912. Serial No. 692,221.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDOLF'J. PETERSON, a subjectof the King of Sweden, residing at Salem, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio. havcinvented a new and useful Railway-fie and Fastener, ofwhich the following is a. specification.

My invention relates to improvements in railway ties and fasteners and especially to a form of the same made from rolled shapes of steel or similar material, such as I beams, old rails and the like.

The objects'of the invention are to generally improve devices of the character men-. tioned and to provide a railway tie and rail fastener of simple construction, having few parts and capable of being easily and quickly installed and very eflicient and strong after suchinstallation. These objects, together with other objects apparent to thoseskilled in the art, may be attained by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, although the invention may be embodied in other forms, the construction illustrated beingfc'hosen by way of example.

In the drawings, Figure 1.is a perspective view of a railway tie made in accordance with my invention. Fig.2 a top view of the same with fragmentary portions of rails tie by my invented rail fastener. Fig. 3 is a top view of a; modified form of rail embodying my invention. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective fragmentary view of a portion of a tie and rail fastened thereto in accordance with my invention. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the rail fasteners. Fi 6 is a vertical sectional view on the line ()6 of Fig. 5.

I Throughout the several views similar reference numerals indicate similar parts.

More specifically describing the construction-disclosed in said drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the upper horizontal flange, the numeral 2 the integral vertieal web and the numeral 3 the integral lower horizontal flange of the tie. lVhile in cross-section the ties illustrated in the drawings are of the I bean-1 shape it willbe understood that other shapes may be employed, such for-instance as an old or discarded railway r'ail' turned with its bottom flange up.

-'Tl1e essential characteristic of the tie proper embodying my invention is that it shall havesufiicieht vertically disposed body to give the proper rigidity, and a.

stop lugs nglugs '7 substantially the width of the,

.5 under the portions 3 until 'loeking lugs 13 horizontal upper flange adapted to bearthe weight of the rails and which may be cut and fashioned as'hereinafter described.

The numeral 4c indicates the rails of the track having their base flanges-5 resting upon the flange 1 of the j'tie. It will'of course be understood thatieach tie will support a rail at both ends and in the further description of my invention reference will be made struetion at the other end of the T will be well understood by those skilled in the art. At that point on the tie where the rail 1 rests the two side edges of the upper flange lare cut and inner vertically disposed stop lugs 6 and outer-rail holding lugs '7 provided retaining portions 8 are provided. The

G are spaced from the rail holdbase flange .7 f the rail 4, and the portions 8 of the lugs 7 are off-set u,'1 )\'vardly fr0m to but one rail and one end of he tie, it being understood that the contie is a duplicate of theconstruetion desc1'ibed, as'

with integral base flange the plane of the flangel a's 'ifiicient distance to receive the'edge of' the base" flange 5 between said'portions 8 and saidflange 1. It-

will beunderstood that. the rail at ar-' ranged upon the tie by inclining the headof the rail outwardlytoward the endI-of the tie and inserting the outer edgeof the flange the inner edge of the flanges; is free to be lowered-to the flange 1 on the outer side ofthe lugs 6, as shown in Fig. 2. It will be understoodthat the lugs 6 and 7 will prevent any lateral movement of the ails 4.

In order'to fasten the rails 4 to the tie I provide all fastener such as clearly illustrated in.Fig. 5' -and which comprises the body portion 9 having at its 'two ends the uiulerturned holding flanges 10, the integral laterally'i extending rail engaging portion 11, and the oppositely extending lateral tie engaging extension 12 and t 1e integral adjacent said extension 19.

Inwardly spaced from the stop lugs G and outwardly spaced from the rail holding lugs 7 I provide the notches 11 in the edges of the flange 1, said notches being adapted to receiveihe flanges 10 of the rail fastener. Two of the railfasteners are used for each rail and in applying. said fasteners the flanges 10 are passed down through the notehes It so that said flanges will engage tie-underside of the flange 1, the rail engaging portion 11 overlying/Elie base flange of the'rail and the body portion 9 and integral extension12 of the fastener lying flat upon the flange, 1. The portion 11 is preferably slightly inclined writl-if'ireference to the bodyl9, and by means of alsledge the.

' fastener may then be driven longitudinally with reference to the tie toward 'the'rail by,

blows from said sledge directed .upon the outer edge of the extension 12. The flanges 10 will tightly. grip the underside of the flange 1 and the portion 11 .willijclamp the base flange 5 tightly to: the flange '1. When the fastener has been driven sufliciently tight the locking lugs 13 may be bent downward by well dlrected blows of the sledge until their outer free ends engage the outer edges of the notches 14, as illustrated in Fig. 4:, whereupon it will be found that the rail will be tightly clamped to the tie. It does'not matter whether-the fastener on the inside of the rail 4- or on the outside thereof is first applied, as the lugs, 6 and prevent any sidewise movement of the rail 4; during thefastening operation. It will be noted that the device is entirely free from bolts, wedges, or other similar fastening devices, and when the lugs 13 have been bent down as shown in Fig. 4 there is no tendency for the device to become loosened by.use. If it is desired to loosen the fastenings, however, the lugs 13 may be bent upward into the same plane as that of the extension 12, whereupon the fastener may be driven away from, therail 4:," as will be well understood by those skilled in the art.

, While I have shown the rail eng ing"- portion 11 as of the simplest form it Wlll be readily apparent that said portion may be so formed as to engagethe web of the rail to h r support the same as for use on curves and the like.

' I preferto' form the tie proper from a rolle I beam shape such as illustrateduin Fig. 1, but 1t will be well understood that v discarded rails may be fashioned into ties 1 embodying my invention by turning their base flanges upward and providing thelugs and notches as described. It should also be noted that the ties maybe of the lain,

I straight, single form illustrated in." igs.

land 2, or they may be made of U shape such as illustratedm Fig. 3, the two ties belng united by an integral curve portioh 15.

may be desired or thought practical.

Varlous changes of form, desi or detail of construction may be resorte to as circumstances may suggest or requirements de-- mand and I do not desire to; be limited to --the exact form of construction illustrated and described.

Gopiel 93 this mumm be obtaiacdiioffm cents each, by: addressing the ."fiommissionernr gangsa I-claim:-

1. A device of the character described comprising a metallic tie proper providedwith a horizontal flange having free edges,

ortions of said edges bent upward and orming spaced lugs extending above the ,plane of said flange and adapted to receive the base flange of a rail therebetween, and

upper flange for fastening said rail to said tie. 2. A device of the character described comprising a metallic tie proper provided with a horizontal upper flange, portions of said flange formed intowup'wardly extending lugs adapted to receive the base flange of a rail therebetween, said flange-of said tie also provided with notches, rail fastening means engage the underside oft'he upper flange of able ,movement with relation to saidtie while soconnected, and means for holding said rail fastening means in fixed position upon said tie.

fastening means adapted for detachablggr j ccgn}. nection-with said tie andadapted for*sl1 dmeans slidably engaging the edges of said provided with holding flanges adapted to the tie, said notches in said upper flange 4. A device of the character described comprising in combination with a metallic tie proper rovided with. an upper horizontal flange, sai' flange provided with space integral,upwardly extending lugs adapted to receive the. base flange of a rail therebe tween, and with'notches spaced from said tion adapted for enga tegral under-turned top flange engagl'n means, adapted to be received by sai notches,

lugs, a rail fastener comprising a body por-.

ement with sa d up'-.

per flange, integral ra1 engaging means, in-

.115 ndlintegral bendable lugs, said lugs being ada ted to be bent below, the,

plane ofthe bo y of said fastener vi to said.

notches. In testimony that I claim the above, I

presence of two witnesses;

Witnesses: Jorm H. 'Brsnor,

FREDOLF J. rs "ERSONI,

have hereunto subscribed my name in the 

